Amelia gave me an entire week of sleeping through the night. Then she stopped - just when I thought we were on to something with the earlier bedtime. She is sleeping better overall, with only 1-2 wake ups each night at most. But when she's up after 3:30 AM, I run the risk of her being awake for the day. Which is why Elmo must die.
She was up at 3:40 - but she had gone to sleep early that night, maybe 7:15 or 7:30. So I knew that there was a possibility that she was awake for good. But no, after feeding she seemed relaxed enough for me to put her back in her crib. Then I stepped on something fuzzy - Tickle Me Elmo.
"Hehehe. That tickles a little." Said Elmo.
Amelia's eyes opened then closed again. I put her in her crib.
"Tickle Elmo again." said Elmo.
Her head came up. I rubbed her back and she put her head back down.
"OK, tickle Elmo later." said Elmo.
That did it. Amelia was up, smiling and looking to play.
"Eff you, Elmo." I whispered.
The end of the story is that I went upstairs and told Ken it was his turn. It was 5:30 at this point, which means I probably slept while she fed. He gave me another 2 blissful hours of sleep. I have yet to forgive Elmo.
That is all for now. Will blog again eventually.
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Friday, May 18, 2012
The Baby and The Boy
I've been very remiss in blogging. Too busy lately - lots going on both from a work and a home perspective.
Ken's first triathlon is this weekend - fingers crossed- he's hoping to finish. I told Kieran that Ken was going to be in a race and he got very excited. I also told him that we'd go to see him cross the finish line.
Kieran: But I want to see the race!
Me: The whole race will take 5 hours.
Kieran: Boring!
Me: Exactly. That's why we'll go and cheer Daddy when he crosses the finish line.
Kieran writes and reads very well now. We have a stack of words for him to review each night - sight words from class and words we have added because his sight words are too simple (we got rid of all the 2 letter words and will soon remove all 3 letter words). He's also begun to write stories in his journal instead of drawing pictures each day. In class they begin each day by writing a sentence fragment (example: At the farm, I saw a....) and then the kids can finish the sentence with a picture or with words. Kieran's doing 2 or 3 pages full of words. He also wrote me a card that says "Mommy I miss you wen your gon". I love that card.
Amelia is doing well too. She's doing something I will not discuss here, but suffice to say I am better rested than I have been previously. I will not say more as I do not wish to jinx what has been occurring.
Her babbling is cute and she's waving and clapping her hands. She will even imitate sounds (Hi Dad is a favorite imitated phrase - still no mom yet dangit). Cruising along furniture and sometimes standing for a moment by herself. I doubt she will walk early (as her brother did) but I am not worried about her talking.
I'm gearing up to get details done for her first birthday party - coming in just over a month. I am counting down for multiple reasons (yes, one of them is so I can drink again) but am still blown away by the fact that it has been nearly a year since she was born. The past year has flown by.
On a related (but completely separate) topic... we finally dumped photos from the camera and have some videos that are old to share. So, now that it's nearly June I can post photos from Ken & Kieran's trip to Disney... from last August. Yes, we are that family. Deal with it.
Love to all, blog again sometime.
Ken's first triathlon is this weekend - fingers crossed- he's hoping to finish. I told Kieran that Ken was going to be in a race and he got very excited. I also told him that we'd go to see him cross the finish line.
Kieran: But I want to see the race!
Me: The whole race will take 5 hours.
Kieran: Boring!
Me: Exactly. That's why we'll go and cheer Daddy when he crosses the finish line.
Kieran writes and reads very well now. We have a stack of words for him to review each night - sight words from class and words we have added because his sight words are too simple (we got rid of all the 2 letter words and will soon remove all 3 letter words). He's also begun to write stories in his journal instead of drawing pictures each day. In class they begin each day by writing a sentence fragment (example: At the farm, I saw a....) and then the kids can finish the sentence with a picture or with words. Kieran's doing 2 or 3 pages full of words. He also wrote me a card that says "Mommy I miss you wen your gon". I love that card.
Amelia is doing well too. She's doing something I will not discuss here, but suffice to say I am better rested than I have been previously. I will not say more as I do not wish to jinx what has been occurring.
Her babbling is cute and she's waving and clapping her hands. She will even imitate sounds (Hi Dad is a favorite imitated phrase - still no mom yet dangit). Cruising along furniture and sometimes standing for a moment by herself. I doubt she will walk early (as her brother did) but I am not worried about her talking.
I'm gearing up to get details done for her first birthday party - coming in just over a month. I am counting down for multiple reasons (yes, one of them is so I can drink again) but am still blown away by the fact that it has been nearly a year since she was born. The past year has flown by.
On a related (but completely separate) topic... we finally dumped photos from the camera and have some videos that are old to share. So, now that it's nearly June I can post photos from Ken & Kieran's trip to Disney... from last August. Yes, we are that family. Deal with it.
Love to all, blog again sometime.
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